This review may contain spoilers
Eight first kisses
1) Raise Me• Falling in love with your plant dealer 🪴
• Tall One is cute and nervous to meet Little One
• Good kiss +1 📈
• 7.5/10
2) Fold You
• Love at first sight
• I like that autistic man
• Babes just wants to fold origami and bro can only think about kissing 💋
• What that mouth do? Fold original cranes apparently??? 😂
• Good kiss +1 📈
• 8/10
3) Sweet Mischief
• An accidental kiss
• Blackmail isn't cute just cuz you like him
• A second accidental kiss
• Blackmail
• A first real kiss
• Teasing your crush
• A first hug
• Bad kiss -1 📉
• 6.5/10
4) Sleep Around, Still Mine
• What happened to hello 😳 How are you 😳 My name is 😳
• Situationship/friends with benefits
• But bro JUMPED at a second chance for that cookie 🍪
• "I don't do feelings"
*catches feelings immediately*
• Miscommunication
• Good kiss +1 📈
• 7.5/10
5) Craving You
• Manager x Actor
• Weak acting and weaker writing
• Bad kiss -1 📉
• 6/10
6) Not A BL
• Pepero challenge
• Actors at a BL bar
• Good kiss +1 📈
• 7/10
7) Something Sweet
• I'll annoy you into loving me
• We don't kiss sleeping people
• Bad kiss -1 📉
• 5.5/10
8) A Killer Recipe
• Professional killer x Professional chef
• Sexy, though unsanitary bleeding neck kiss 💋
• Second chance romance
• Good kiss +1 📈
• 8/10
Was this review helpful to you?
a mixed bag
Overall: the first story was adorable, though that vibe didn't last. Not sure why so many characters ignored boundaries, but it was not romantic. 8 different stories, each in 2 parts about 15 minutes total per storyline. Airing on Strongberry YouTube Channel https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNd7BhdAz80ptzaxeYXbVCLVXH7JXtely&si=_AO3vgmNtpY2d-vI - later aired on Shortime, my invite link is https://playground.shortime.app/en/invite/NKNIWI - the code is NKNIWI (those are all capital letters, that's the capital letter i) and it should get you a bonus. Note each episode is 120 popcorn which is pretty expensive/will take a while to watch for free on Shortime.Story 1: Want To Grow It? rating 9 (strangers)
Super adorable, focuses on 2 characters with an easy to understand story. Good production value.
Story 2: Folding You, rating 8 (university students, 1 is quirky)
This was quirky, didn't feel the chemistry as much.
Story 3: Sweet Mischief, rating 7 (servant contract/blackmail)
The blackmail wasn't cute nor was seeing several uncomfortable kisses.
Story 4: Sleep Around Still Mine, rating 8.5 (friends with benefits)
Overall well done, though they could have cut the ghosting.
Story 5: Craving You, rating 8 (actor/manager)
Not a fan of the non/dub con kiss in the first part and the change seemed sudden.
Story 6: Not a BL, rating 7.5 (coworkers)
Bad that he didn't explain what the job would be. Not sure if the owner was helping?
Story 7: Sweet Mischief, rating 7 (trying to get into university)
Not a fan of repeatedly ignoring boundaries and the non con kiss.
Story 8: A Killer Recipe, rating 8.5 (former boyfriends)
I was a bit confused and needed a little more explanation. Note, likely murder off screen and blood shown.
Was this review helpful to you?
This review may contain spoilers
Variety is the spice of life
This was an enjoyable ensemble showcasing the varied talents of numerous artists, various plots with just enough variance to capture the wide range of the viewing audience. Some were liked more than others and with good reason. The main theme remained the same Kiss Kiss Sex.Ep 1 - Raise Me
This was a nice introduction. Nothing shocking but a cute beginning for us and them. This was the sit down and relax piece for us to get comfortable. Here the characters fell in love over the care of one plant. It was nice. 7
Ep 2 - Folding? You!
Then it jumped to this. The most juvenile of all would see a fanatical origami artist be enticed by his only fan. It was irritating to hear the artist's constant chatter but his fan found a way around it and into his heart. 5
Ep 3 - Sweet Mischief
I don't like blackmail even tho this was used to encourage the budding feelings of the blackmailer for his prey. He was cute and funny whilst creating scenarios for them to meet and for the latter to loosen up and hopefully learn to like him. It worked. 6
Ep 4 - Sleep Around, Still Mine
What happens when Mr Casual catches feelings for Mr Clingy? He tries to keep it without any strings attached due to a previous intense relationship but realizes who really matters now. It was a nugget of raw emotions. 6.5
Ep 5 - Craving You
I liked this one even with it's clichés. The manager restraining his feelings for the success of his artist under his control. Said artist craves him with all his emotional baggage. What's not to like? 7
Ep 6 - Not A BL
A club where fantasies are fulfilled. The line blurs between acting and being a host. This was different but seemed a bit over dramatic in delivery. Music was all over the place. 4.5
Ep 7 - Something Sweet
The amateur scenarios didnt quite fit and when coupled with their performances, it was not an easy watch. Tried to be funny cute. Failed. 3.5
Ep 8 - A Killer Recipe
Saved the best for last. This was the best execution of all the stories. The history between them would help propel the story and raise expectations. The acting was above all and though it was rushed to complete the story, inserting the diary, helped the time jump to the resolution. 7.5
Final concensus:
For the most part, the stories were interesting. The weaknesses lay in the performances but as a whole was enjoyable. Don't go in with high expectations but take it as a little escape for 20 min per story to unwind after a long day.
Was this review helpful to you?
Little Snack
I consider this series as a little snack, if you don't really wanna commit to a whole 12 episode 1-2 hours long series which would be a whole meal plus side dishes and dessert then this could be for you. In my opinion this is a perfect bite size for every story, it doesn't go too into depth but enough for you to understand what's going on and also enjoy it, the acting is good, not the best but its good, I liked some of the songs in some episodes, I liked the visuals, the chemistry, the kisses, the cuteness and wholesomeness of literally majority of the episodes, I liked how short they were and I also got to see many different couples with different dynamics and some couples shared the same universe too, and lastly I liked how each episode was a representation of mental health, ED, autism, etc. So yeah overall I think it was a solid series, just a little bit of this and that. I kept smiling every time an episode ended cause of how cute they all were and I'm glad none had a sad ending or a story too devastating, just very cute stories with happy little endings. Also I feel like with the name I expected this series to be very hyper-sexual and I think that comes from how similar the name is to "Kiss X Kiss X Kiss" and I haven't watched that series cause I honestly cant find it anywhere but I've seen clips and they're lowkey wild. But also this series has "SXX" at the end so yeah, there was only one story that involved "sex" and it wasn't even graphic or anything like nothing showed at all, it was left to our imagination, and I honestly love that, I like the innocence in this series. But yeah!Overall a good 8/10
Was this review helpful to you?
Abysmal Atrocious Awful Banal Barren Bleak
Abysmal Atrocious Awful Banal Barren Bleak Bungling Calamitous Clumsy Corrosive Crude Deficient Deplorable Detestable Dire Disastrous Dismal Dreadful Dreary Dull Feeble Filthy Flawed Foul Futile Ghastly Grim Gross Heinous Hideous Homely Horrid Hostile Idiotic Ignorant Ill-fated Inane Inept Inferior Insignificant Insipid Irksome Lamentable Loathsome Lousy Malicious Mediocre Monotonous Morose Nasty Nauseating Nefarious Obnoxious Odious Offensive Paltry Pathetic Pessimistic Pitiable Pointless Poor Repellent Repugnant Repulsive Rotten Shallow Shoddy Sloppy Squalid Stale Substandard Tasteless Tedious Terrible Trite Ugly Unpleasant Unsatisfactory Vapid Vile Vulgar Wasteful Worthless WretchedWas this review helpful to you?
Different stories, different feels.
Story 1: Raise me?Incredibly cute! I loved it a lot!
Beautiful visuals and music.
Very well acted, and very cute and likable actors with great chemistry and sweet kisses.
I already watched this story 3 times and will definatly watch it more times in the future.
Story 2: Folding? You!
This was just weird, i dind't like it .
The visuals and music were good.
I don't really like these two actors, the acting of both of them just feels a bit weird. Even the kisses were a bit weird and they have zero chemistry...
Was this review helpful to you?
